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West Ham face trip to Andorra

The Hammers, now managed by Slaven Bilic, secured their place in the competition via last season’s UEFA Fair Play table.

FC Lusitans have only been in existence for 16 years and play at the 1,000-capacity Camp d’Esports d’Aixoval, which has a plastic pitch.

They are two-time league champions – in 2011/12 and 2012/13 – and finished runners-up last year.

West Ham will be at home in the first leg on July 2 – the ties were switched after both Andorra sides were drawn at home first – with the second leg in Andorra on July 9, at a venue still to be confirmed.

Should West Ham progress, they would come up against either Malta side Birkirkara or Ulisses Yerevan of Armenia.

St Johnstone will play Alashkert FC of Armenia, while Aberdeen take on Macedonian side FK Shkendija.

Alashkert are from Yerevan and were founded in 1990. Their ground has a capacity of 6,850.

Shkendija were formed in 1979 and won their only Macedonian title in 2011.

Both Scottish Premiership sides are scheduled to be at home in the second legs.

Scottish Cup winner Inverness Caledonian Thistle will enter the competition in the second qualifying round in which they will take on FC Astra of Romania on July 16 and 23.

Aberdeen will tackle Croatia’s HNK Rijeka in the second qualifying round if they progress, while Crvena Zvezda of Serbia and Kazakhstan side Kairat Almaty are potential opponents for St Johnstone.

Elsewhere, Irish side Shamrock Rovers will play Luxembourg’s Progres Niedercorn in the first qualifying round, while Saint Patrick’s Athletic meet Skonto FC of Latvia.

Cork City will be up against KR Reykjavik of Iceland and University College Dublin face F91 Dudelange of Luxembourg.

Three Welsh sides were also in the draw with Airbus UK Broughton paired with Lokomotiva Zagreb and Bala Town with FC Differdange 03 of Luxembourg, while Newtown AFC were paired with Maltese side Valletta.